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In Short – Steve’s Week:

Sometimes life is written in short chapters. Until my next post, here’s a snapshot of my writing life this week:

Writing Time

15 hours mostly writing correspondence, editorial responses to blogs.

Pages Written

18 plus substantial revisions and outlining

Current Progress on the Novel

In Rewrite. About 4 chapters to write from scratch. 6 to revise and blend in to new material. Signed up for summer conferences: sets the goal line for completion of my manuscript.

Thoughts

Amazing the progress when you prioritize

Attitude

Power stew with a few carrots of reality floating around in it.

Excuses and Fears

Kept the demons at bay this week.

Learned This Week

That I am a slow writer but do a lot of good editing. I like what I read when I am done. Keep regular contact with my characters and the quick sessions of writing accomplish more and fit into the flow of the story (okay, I already knew that!)

Inspiration

J. J. Abrams. Loved Super 8 and finally started watching the Lost series. I had missed the pilot and didn’t want to spoil the show, so here I am catching up seven years from original release. Also reading Kay Kenyon’s ‘Entire and the Rose’ series.

Questions and Quandaries

Lots of contest deadlines right now…don’t think I will get anything meaningful done because of my push to get the manuscript ready by this spring-summer writing conference season.

Market Watch

Not a lot of my genre right now so maybe some room for my novel.

View from the Keyboard

It is amazing how self-powering writing is. The more I write, the more alive my characters become, the more they begin doing things ‘on their own and the more I want to come back and visit. This is the power of momentum. Also known as ‘BICT’ (butt in chair time). I am going to do this!!!!